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The mystagogy challenge
… presence; she exposes lifelong Catholics in hypocrisy when she opens a chocolate shop during Lent. It is a threat to all that the community stands for and an attack on Lent and the Faith! Through the persecution dumped on her from every side, she offers comfort, …
Homless center loses CCHD funds over gay marriage
… from the diocese's annual World's Poor collection, traditionally taken on the fourth Sunday of Lent. The 2010 collection occurred at Masses March 10-11. At the time, Father John Doerfler, …
Swiss bishops apologize, underestimated abuse problem
… and improve their child protection programs during their general assembly in June, they said. "Lent is a time to recognize our faults, correct erroneous attitudes, find a way to improve and to …
Holy Week's liturgical evolution
… details in this column. Holy Week, as everyone knows, is observed during the final week of Lent, with its liturgical climax at the Easter Vigil and then on Easter morning itself. It …
Tomb watches
… the gloom of death’s house. I carried DeGrazia’s fourteenth station with me everywhere that Lent. One day in Montana a woman stood up among the retreatants and she described how their …
Because of Jesus, everything is different
… new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, new things have come." Fifth Sunday of Lent Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 Philippians 3:8-14 John 8:1-11 Full text of the … not just God, but our brothers and sisters, in all of whom God lives. These last two weeks of Lent, I think are a time when we can pray more than we have, perhaps, before as we come to the conclusion of Lent, which is a time of prayer, but especially pray that we may grow in our love for God and in …
Technology for parishes is about relationships
… creating hyperlinks on a diocesan Web site. He cited the sources for spiritual reflection on Lent put out by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (www.usccb.org) as one example. He also …
Text: Pope's letter to Catholics of Ireland
… to address the situation. At the conclusion of my meeting with the Irish bishops, I asked that Lent this year be set aside as a time to pray for an outpouring of God's mercy and the Holy …
In Jesus, there is no barrier
… away, Paul says; it's entirely, radically new -- if only we can grasp this. Fourth Sunday of Lent Joshua 5:9, 10-12 Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Luke 151:1-3, 11-32 Full text …
Lent in a warmaking empire
… empire, we need to heed Jesus' proclamation now more than ever. During this holy season of Lent, Christians need to ask what it means to follow Jesus in a warmaking empire. Lent is a time for personal and societal repentance, a time for radical conversion, renewal and … forgiven! Take up the cross and follow me! Other scriptural passages that Christians read this Lent are also instructive. In Deuteronomy we hear: "I have set before you life and death, the …
Fish fry Friday feasts
… as a lover of fish, I have to confess this question has crossed my mind many times during many Lents: Do no-meat Lenten Fridays count less if you like fish? And if you saw the line to my …
March Madness
… college basketball. It always seems to arrive just when we need it the most -- the middle of Lent. Naturally, Catholic colleges are among those vying to win it all, or at least get into the …
Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen
… I'm not a fan. The reason I mention it is because the Oscar season runs in rough symmetry with Lent and Easter. At the risk of concocting some direct contrasts rather than reporting on them, … sometimes duped into admiring the very institutions and personalities that do them most harm. Lent focuses on ourselves, our failures and our admission that the fruits of the ego, no matter … promotion and excitement generated by Oscar night has grown at the same time that attention to Lent and Easter has waned. Its waning doesn't mean it's gone or that it is less significant. But …
A turning point in our lives
… remind ourselves of last Sunday's gospel, which was as it always is on the first Sunday of Lent, an account of the temptations of Jesus, where the devil is trying to get Jesus to turn away … He was fully human, so temptations would possibly come back into his life. Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 Psalm 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 9:28-36 Full … follow my way, we can make this a very important turning point in our lives. And that is what Lent is really all about. Lent is a time that we look deeply into ourselves, try to understand …
Clothed with love
… Joyce Rupp … The desire to focus on Lent as a time of being “clothed with love” leapt in me one evening at a gathering for Celtic … … Prayer action suggestion: … With what do you need to clothe yourself this Lent? Choose a symbol that will represent your new “spiritual clothes” and put it in a visible …
Peace vigil at Los Alamos
… the head of security let them pass, and they offered their illegal prayer for peace. Each Lent, we hear Jesus call us to repentance and conversion, and we try to follow him anew on the …
More motivated than ever
… of God today, I think it's important for us to remind ourselves of why we have this season of Lent, this period of 40 days of prayer and fasting. Of course it is, first of all, to enter, in a … words, this servant is to bring true justice only through nurturing and love. First Sunday of Lent Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13 Full text … is tempted to turn away from that call of God. So we try now to enter into these six weeks of Lent in union with Jesus so that by our fasting, we will experience a deeper hunger for God, and …
Sr. Stang's accused murderer gets new trial
… Notre Dame de Namur sisters wanted to disclose the documents to the public at the beginning of Lent to prod authorities to get the long-delayed trial moving again. However, Spires said the …
Video of pope's Lenten retreat
… world to practice prayer and penitence in the weeks leading up to Easter. The entire period of Lent should be like "a long 'retreat' during which people can return inside themselves and listen … of God, in order to overcome the temptations of the Evil One," the pope said. He described Lent as a time of spiritual training, undertaken not with an attitude of pride, but in an effort …
This Lent, behold a new creation
… Rich Heffern … This Lent, the Franciscan Action Network invites you to experience renewal in your relationships with … you can directly view resources at www.franciscanaction.org/lent2010. For the First Sunday of Lent, there are a variety of liturgical resources, including Prayers of the Faithful, a Final …